__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Monday 02 April 2007 14:48 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, flyer
> <flyer@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Sun, 1 Apr 2007 22:30:25 -0700
> <MPG.207a34cb307656f1989753@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> In article <1263415.2cCXI62S9b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
>>> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Friday 30 March 2007 16:39 \__
>>>
>>> > In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Linonut
>>> > <linonut@xxxxxxxx>
>>> > wrote
>>> > on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:08:05 -0500
>>> > <U5KdncMZ-4GI4pHbnZ2dnUVZ_o3inZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> >> After takin' a swig o' grog, flyer belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>>> >>
>>> >>>> I think a return to small simple stable brick-solid single-thread
>>> >>>> DOS
>>> >>>> would serve many people very well. I've just noticed Freedos has a
>>> >>>> flash driver of some sort coming up: when this arrives at stable
>>> >>>> usefulness, I'm interested.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Cheers -- Martha Adams [cola 2007 Mar 29]
>>> >>>> >
>>> >>>> > Linux, lean, mean and FAST is on a march.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Viva DOS. I need to check out the latest non-MS versions of DOS, Any
>>> >>> suggestions? I'd forgot about FreeDos.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I tried a DOS web browser last year and it blew me away. BLAZING FAST
>>> >>> and the graphics were just fine, only slightly clunky. I forget the
>>> >>> program name.
>>> >>
>>> >> You should see how fast DOS apps compile (using makefiles).
>>> >>
>>> >> You can get a relative idea of the effect by comparing the compiling
>>> >> of a C library to a similar-sized C++ library.
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > Or perhaps a Gnome tool to a comparable KDE tool. I'll
>>> > admit KDE frustrates me whenever it upgrades, because it
>>> > takes quite a bit of time to compile. :-)
>>>
>>> You Gentoo users are a bunch of l33ts! I bet you eat your peas one at a
>>> time.
>>> :-)
>>
>> Well I couldn't help it. I was thinking about downloading Damn Small
>> Linux, and I got an urge -- Win 3.1 with Pen drivers onto a great little
>> Fujitsu Pen Tablet with a Hitachi Microdrive spinning arounf inside.
>>
>> Dos PCMCIA (two slots) and mouse and pen drivers, parallel port CDRW.
>> LapLink5 parallel and serial port cable. Heck, I'm all set.
>>
>> Dos and win programs run with the pen. Modem card. Maybe I'll dual boot
>> with Damn Small Linux pretty soon here.
>
> I downloaded DSL on a lark to see how well it would fare
> under QEMU. It does well, actually, as it boots very
> quickly. (Some of the other distros tend to bog down for
> some reason, even using the kqemu module.)
>
> I've not looked at memory usage but it's probably...pretty damned small.
> :-)
In a recent DSL review (with screenshots), the meter showed it consuming
about 20 MB of RAM, without even touching swap.
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